Resources for the Cami Sant Jaume, Camino from Barcelona

[Steven Dwyer]

Here are the resources that I used in research this route. I am sure there are others out there, so please reply with them.

Catalan Tourist Agency – 5 guides available on 2010

1 Camí de Sant Jaume: Barcelona to Montserrat- Catalan & Spanish versions -Two options Barcelona-Martorell-Montserrat or Barcelona-Sant Cugat del Valles-Colbato

2.Camí de Sant Jaume: Montserrat to Alcarràs and from Tárrega to Alfarràs – English, Catalan, Spanish and French versions - Covers the Catalan sections leading to the Camino Ebro or Camino Argonese

3. Camí de Sant Jaume: del Port de la Selva-Sant Pere de Rodes i de la Jonquera a Montserrat - English, Catalan, Spanish and French versions
Camí de Sant Jaume: de Tarragona a Lleida – Catalan and Spanish versions

4. Camí de Sant Jaume: de Tortosa a Batea - Catalan and Spanish versions

5. Sant Pere de Rodes, lloc de pelegrinatge - Catalan and Spanish versions

Guies del Camí de Sant Jaume

empresa.gencat.cat

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Barcelona Friends of the Pilgrims list of services – Barcelona to Santa Cilia de Jaca via San Juan de la Peña

http://amicsdelspelegrins.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/servicios-cami-SJDLP.pdf

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Association of Friends of the Camino de Santiago de L'Hospitalet
Guide from Barcelona (via Martorell) to Logroño available in Spanish and also a translates to English

Saint James way guide | Peregrinos LH

www.peregrinoslh.com

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The website got to Camino Ignaciano covers much of the route, but from the opposite direction.

Camino Ignaciano – Camino Ignaciano

caminoignaciano.org

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Eroski Consumer – Monserrat Monastery to Santa Cilia de Jaca via San Juan de la Peña

Camino Catalán por San Juan de la Peña

caminodesantiago.consumer.es

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Gronze – in Spanish but translates easily with http://itools.com/tool/google-translate-web-page-translator

Camino de Barcelona | Camino de Santiago | Gronze.com

El Camino de Barcelona a Montserrat une la capital catalana (iglesia de Sant Jaume) con el Monasterio de Montserrat, en un par de días. Tiene diversos itinerarios señalizados: Por el Valle del Llobregat (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat - Martorell - Collbató); por el GR-6 (Parc del Laberint d’Horta -...

www.gronze.com

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Wikiloc.com and app - stage maps – search wikiloc for possible maps with elevations and rough idea of the time. Good search terms are Cami Sant Jaume or a starting and ending point. I find it easier sometimes to google search than to search the app. Also good if you want to record your walk.

Amics Camí Sant Jaume de Terrassa have a number of walks

Rutas, Waypoints y Fotos de Amics Camí Sant Jaume de Terrassa | Wikiloc

Mira las rutas, waypoints y fotos de Amics Camí Sant Jaume de Terrassa, descarga los tracks GPS de Amics Camí Sant Jaume de Terrassa y sigue el itinerario del sendero desde un mapa.

es.wikiloc.com

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ViaMichelin- maps have an option on the right hand side to display hiking routes. Unfortunately, it displays every hiking path, not just the Camino. They also use assorted names for various sections of the Camino. Takes some getting used to, but it has the best detailed maps. Also great for checking out what monuments/museums/major churches to see. Also great if your budget allows a bit more than all pilgrim menus to check possible restaurants along the way.
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Associations
Federación Española de Asociaciones de Amigos del Camino de Santiago http://www.caminosantiago.org
Associació d'Amics dels Pelegrins a Santiago de Barcelona http://www.amicsdelspelegrins.org
Asociación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat http://www.peregrinoslh.com
Associació d'Amics del Camí de Sant Jaume de Sabadell http://www.camisantjaume.com
Asociación Amigos del Apóstol y del Camino de Santiago de Barcelona http://www.rutasjacobeas.com
Asociación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Zaragoza http://www.peregrinoszaragoza.org
Asociación de Peregrinos del Señor Santiago de Galicia de Calahorra Http://peregrinossantiagocalahorra.blogspot.com.es
Asociación Riojana de Amigos del Camino de Santiago http://www.asantiago.org
Associació d’Amics del Camí de Sant Jaume de Cervera i la Segarra. http://cami-sant-jaume-cervera.blogspot.com
Amics del Camí de Sant Jaume de Terrassa. https://amicscamisantjaume.wordpress.com
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Guides
Guía del Camino Jacobeo del Ebro y Camino Catalán

Guía del Camino Jacobeo del Ebro y Camino Catalán - Editorial Buen Camino

guias.editorialbuencamino.com

Guia del Camí de Sant Jaume - http://www.camisantjaume.com/guia.html
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Maps

Camí Català per Lleida

Camí Català per Lleida, 470 km, 292 miles, about 20 days. From Barcelona to Logroño. Traildino grading: EW, Easy walk, nature trail. Find walking maps and guidebooks, self guided walking holidays and hiking tours. This trail is also known as Camino Catalan per Lleida, Camí de Barcelona, Camino...

www.traildino.com

 

[peregrina2000]

Wow, this is a great resource! I will make it a sticky.

I walked from Llança to Montserrat and then with @LT from Montserrat on the Catalán. The Catalán splits only a few days after Montserrat, and I have heard from many that the Huesca alternative (which I walked) is far more scenic than the one through Lleida. But for anyone walking the Lleida alternative, I would suggest a detour after Zaragoza to get on the Camino Castellano-Aragonés. It is an absolutely wonderful camino, totally untraveled, but very very nice. It will get you from Zaragoza to Burgos, but you can also take a three day alternative to this alternative from Santo Domingo de Silos to Burgos on the Camino San Olav. Confusing perhaps, but glorious!

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/my-camino-castellano-aragonés-2016.42195/

 

[VNwalking]

Stop it, please, both of you! I have to say this all looks increasingly tempting - and look at all those links! Thank you @Steven Dwyer !

Confusing perhaps, but glorious!

Not so much, just braided channels meeting and diverging. (Though some of us manage to walk the wrong way out of small easily navigable villages, which is another story. But that was even more glorious...)

 

[Anniesantiago]

oooooooo... this one is looking pretty good!
The list of resources are awesome! Thanks!

 

[Anniesantiago]

Wow, this is a great resource! I will make it a sticky.

I walked from Llança to Montserrat and then with @LT from Montserrat on the Catalán. The Catalán splits only a few days after Montserrat, and I have heard from many that the Huesca alternative (which I walked) is far more scenic than the one through Lleida. But for anyone walking the Lleida alternative, I would suggest a detour after Zaragoza to get on the Camino Castellano-Aragonés. It is an absolutely wonderful camino, totally untraveled, but very very nice. It will get you from Zaragoza to Burgos, but you can also take a three day alternative to this alternative from Santo Domingo de Silos to Burgos on the Camino San Olav. Confusing perhaps, but glorious!

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/my-camino-castellano-aragonés-2016.42195/

Laurie, didn't you post a thread on the route from Montserrat?

 

[Anniesantiago]

Laurie, I just read your blog.
Your 42 k days are killing me... and I'm starting to cry now.

 

[oursonpolaire]

While the Castellano Aragonese is incredible for the Camino junkie (the sort of maniac who is on their 10th or so), normal caminoholics (say, 3-5 caminos), would likely enjoy the Catalan up through Huesca and to San Juan de la Peña.

 

[JabbaPapa]

You've missed one very important resource :

Camino Ignaciano – Camino Ignaciano

caminoignaciano.org

especially : https://caminoignaciano.org/en/lodging/

The Camino Ignaciano is basically identical to the Cami Catalan between Montserrat and Logroño on the variant via Lleida, or to Tàrrega if you take the Huesca > Aragonès one to Puente la Reina -- except those pilgrims walk in the opposite direction towards Manresa.

 

[JabbaPapa]

Here's a better link for the English language Guide from the Association of Friends of the Camino de Santiago de L'Hospitalet.

http://www.peregrinoslh.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Saint-James-Guide.pdf

This one will be quite useful for me so many thanks for showing the way to it Steven !!

 

[oursonpolaire]

Here's a better link for the English language Guide from the Association of Friends of the Camino de Santiago de L'Hospitalet.

http://www.peregrinoslh.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Saint-James-Guide.pdf

This one will be quite useful for me so many thanks for showing the way to it Steven !!

One minor clarification for the first stop after Bujaraloz. The hotel El Ciervo was definitely quite closed when I went through but some googling suggests that it may be open again. I would suggest that anyone considering it should call in advance to make sure it is open as it is 28km to the next accommodation at Pina del Ebro.

 

[JabbaPapa]

One minor clarification for the first stop after Bujaraloz. The hotel El Ciervo was definitely quite closed when I went through but some googling suggests that it may be open again. I would suggest that anyone considering it should call in advance to make sure it is open as it is 28km to the next accommodation at Pina del Ebro.

I found this Spring that most of the resources for the Cami Catalan are out of date (a bit less so for the Huesca variant). More albergues exist than are typically accounted for in those documents, although some resources alluded to there have since vanished.

The most up-to-date resource I've found, in my experience this year, is the Camino Ignaciano website, probably because of the degree to which the Ignaciano pilgrims outnumber the Compostela ones -- luckily I'm hiking via Lleida (probably restarting there in October), so that its information will be useful to me all the way to Logroño and the Francès.

And according to that, there are three hotels in Bujaraloz -- two of which give pilgrim discounts.

But on this Camino in particular, it's a good idea to get your hands on as many lodgings documents as possible.

 

[oursonpolaire]

I would stay in Bujaraloz if you don't feel like taking the risk. Otherwise it's only the gasolinera for water until the Saint Lucia bar and then to Pina, all a hundred metres away from the carretera. Don't forget to check out the Goya fresco in Alagon at the Jesuit College. It is likely his first work, and a world away from his better-known stuff.